I live in ground floor in a owned flat in Bangalore. My flat has an attached open terrace (around 300 Sq.ft) for which I have paid money as well and is also explicitly mentioned in my sale deed as well (in addition to transfer of Super Built Up area, the additional 300 sq.ft of open terrace). This area has private access only through my flat and there is no other common entrance for this area for outsiders (though termed open terrrace). However, we have been facing frequent problems of objects being dropped from upper floor residents which pose a threat to us on a daily basis; also this place is made unclean by bird droppings. To protect us from the hazard of falling objects, we have done a kaccha shed (roofing sheets) for this area. The roofing is done only for the open terrace & does not project outside the limits and we do not use this for any living purposes (other than keeping a few potted plants). However, the builder says we cannot roof our open terrace & is in violation of laws for obtaining Occupancy Certificate. However, we are greatly concerned about our safety & we feel it is within our rights to protect ourselves. Please let us know how to approach this problem & have a meaningful protection with respect to open terrace and whether is a any violation.
Raman.
